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Pupils: Absenteeism |
| Question ID: |
1802655 |
| UIN: |
HL7456 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1241 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
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Lord Watson of Invergowrie
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the effectiveness of their guidance for tackling low school attendance and lost learning. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
In the last academic year, around 1.5 million children are persistently absent, missing a day a fortnight, and 171,000 are severely absent, missing 50% of time in school or more (compared to 150,000 the previous year). These levels are unacceptably high, ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |